What Does Language Have to Do with It? The Impact of Age and Bilingual Experience on Inhibitory Control in an Auditory Dichotic Listening Task

Autor/inn/en	Desjardins, Jamie L.; Bangert, Ashley; Gomez, Ninive
Titel	What Does Language Have to Do with It? The Impact of Age and Bilingual Experience on Inhibitory Control in an Auditory Dichotic Listening Task
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63 (2020) 5, S.1581-1594 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
Schlagwörter	Inhibition; Age Differences; Spanish; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Older Adults; Young Adults; Hearing (Physiology); Auditory Stimuli; Visual Stimuli; Task Analysis; Attention Control; Comparative Analysis; Monolingualism; Nonverbal Tests; Listening Skills; Bilingualism; Auditory Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hemmung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Spanisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Älterer Erwachsener; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Gehör; Hören; Auditive Stimulation; Aufgabenanalyse; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Bilingualismus; Auditory test; Autismus
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to examine inhibition of irrelevant information in younger and older English monolingual and Spanish--English bilingual adults. Method: Sixty-one participants divided into four groups: 15 younger English monolinguals, 16 younger Spanish-English bilinguals, 15 older English monolinguals, and 15 older Spanish-English bilinguals participated in this study. Younger participants were 18--25 years of age, and older participants were 47-62 years of age. Bilingual participants had learned Spanish from birth and began learning English by the age of 3 years old (SD = 3.1). All participants had hearing thresholds of < 25 dB HL from 250 to 4000 Hz, bilaterally (American National Standards Institute [ANSI], 2004) and were right-handed. Inhibition was measured using a forced-attention dichotic consonant vowel listening task with a prime stimulus and the Simon task, a nonverbal visual test. Results: Younger participants were better able to inhibit the irrelevant auditory and visual stimuli and modulate their attention according to the instructions that they were given compared to the older participants. However, no significant differences in inhibition performance or attention modulation were evidenced between the monolingual and bilingual groups in any of the dichotic listening conditions or on the Simon task. Conclusions: No significant differences in performance on an auditory or a visual test of inhibition of irrelevant information was evidenced between the monolingual and bilingual participants in this study. These findings suggest that younger and older adult, early balanced Spanish-English bilinguals may not exhibit an advantage in the inhibition of irrelevant information compared to younger and older adult English monolinguals. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01